How do I control a Java applet in my browser from Rev?

Mark Smith mark at maseurope.net
Thu Dec 15 06:28:37 EST 2005 

Dennis, send me the HTML, and I'll see if I can make any sense of it...

Best,

Mark

On 15 Dec 2005, at 02:58, Dennis Brown wrote:

> Mark, Tom, Jim, Terry, Xavier,
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions.  I thought there was going to be a  
> simple answer when I ask it.  The good news is that it appears to  
> be in the realms of doablity.  The bad news is that I have avoided  
> learning Applescript and Javascript until now.  Yet I am willing to  
> at least put my big toe in the water if that is what it takes.
>
> I am looking at the source HTML with some Javascript for the page  
> in question right now.  I can see that the page source is created  
> just for me, because it has URL's and passwords for me embedded  
> into text constants.  It seems to have some interesting definitions  
> in it that leads me to believe that the field I want to input to is  
> accessible through the page source.  Since the page is full of URLs  
> as to where to find things on the server, I figure it would break  
> soon if I just took the script and changed the parts I want to.  I  
> have hacked it to remove all the extraneous stuff like Ads, etc. to  
> get the source down to readable size --a couple of pages --it even  
> still sort of works.
>
> I think if I could change the values of the following params that  
> are in the Javascript, it might work:
>
>   <param name="SYMBOL" value="NASDAQ:QQQQ" />
>   <param name="SymbolChange" value="1" />
>
> I would just grab the HTML into a file and edit it on the fly, but  
> reloading the page causes the script to take a long time to start  
> up, and it does not save the chart settings --they all revert to  
> startup defaults.  So my best bet is changing these parameters  
> while it is running.
>
> Am I on the right track here?
>
> I could email the HTML source to someone if you would not mind  
> taking a quick look at it to see if this approach is likely to  
> work.  (I changed the password, but it still runs --just won't  
> connect for the real quote data).
>
> Dennis
>
> On Dec 14, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>> A useful thing can also be to store your applescripts in custom  
>> properties, with place-holders for values and then:
>>
>> put the myApplescript of me into tScript
>> replace <placeholder> with <value> in tScript
>> do tScript as applescript
>>
>>
>> an example (including a bit of javaScript):
>>
>> a custom property called jsSetAndGetAS contains:
>>
>> set tScr to "
>> document.ResultSel.Day.selectedIndex = dd;
>> document.ResultSel.Month.selectedIndex = mm;
>> document.ResultSel.Year.selectedIndex = yy;
>> ResultsSubmit()"
>>
>> tell application "Safari"
>> do JavaScript tScr in document 1
>> end tell
>>
>> and then in my app I have
>>
>> put the jsSetAndGetAS of me into tScript
>> replace "dd" with dayOfMonth() in tScript
>> replace "mm" with MonthNum() in tScript
>> replace "yy" with getYear() in tScript
>>
>> do tScript as applescript
>>
>>
>> building applescripts in a rev script can get hard to read.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On 14 Dec 2005, at 23:25, Jim Ault wrote:
>>
>>> Dennis,   you said
>>>> I thought Safari would have been more scriptable.
>>> There is a difference between 'recordable' and "scriptable' where  
>>> Safari is
>>> amazingly scriptable.  The key to your solution may be the  
>>> following:
>>>
>>> You might want to check the Applescript dictionary for Safari for
>>> Do Javascript command
>>> this will send a JavaScript command to the active browser window  
>>> and active
>>> tab in that window.  This could be a 'one-liner'.
>>>
>>> A more complictated way is to use UI Elements (User Interface  
>>> Elements)
>>> which are quite resplendent in Safari.  You can even get the text  
>>> string
>>> that is in a static text piece in a java applet!
>>>
>>> I have not done this myself, but this should be the framework  
>>> plus a few
>>> details......
>>> Try along these lines:
>>> Transcript code
>>>
>>> open Safari, go url 'stock page', store the name of the window(or  
>>> window ID)
>>>
>>> ----build the javascript command
>>> put "beginning chars "& \
>>> quote & "quotedStr" & quote & \
>>> " end  chars" into javaStrMadeInRev
>>> ---------- done building the javascript command
>>>
>>> put "tell app "&quote&"Safari"&quote into cmd
>>> --optional could be "activate window id "& theStockTickerID
>>> --optional could be "activate window "& theStockTickerName
>>> put cr & "do javascript "& quote & javaStrMadeInRev & quote after  
>>> cmd
>>> put cr & "end tell" after cmd
>>> do cmd as applescript
>>> put the result into answerFromSafariWhichShouldBeThePriceILike
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Jim Ault
>>> Las Vegas
>>>
>>> On 12/14/05 10:35 AM, "Dennis Brown" <see3d at writeme.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tom,
>>>>
>>>> I was surprised that it did not, but the docs says that it will not
>>>> do that.  If I clicked in the Finder areas, it only recorded that I
>>>> selcted the Finder.  It did not record anything when I clicked on
>>>> other applications.  I thought Safari would have been more  
>>>> scriptable.
>>>>
>>>> Dennis
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dennis,
>>>>>
>>>>> The recording function -- Are you able to at least record a click
>>>>> at the button location?
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:00 PM, Dennis Brown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I also tried Automator and tried the recording function in
>>>>>> Applescript Studio, but no good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thomas J McGrath III
>>>>> 3mcgrath at adelphia.net
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